title: Who prescribe better: doctors or dispensers?
abstract: Doctors in Sierra Leone were more rational than dispensers in that they prescribed antibiotics in a smaller percentage of encounters with patients and averaged fewer drugs per prescription. They were less rational than dispensers, however, in that they prescribed generics less often and made less use of the country's essential drugs list.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lisk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D008875:Middle Aged; D010595:Pharmacists; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012807:Sierra Leone; D013038:Specialization
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents